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Web tools, online collaboration and a ‘Living Geography’ approach to curriculum planning
Alan ParkinsonSecondary Curriculum Development Leader
Geographical Associationaparkinson@geography.org.uk
Image credits:GA, clker.com, vintek.net
The structure for the session1. Living Geography – what is it, and why should
you be teaching it ?2. Web tools to aid pedagogy and resource creation3. You are not alone: co-constructivism and your
PLN...4. Play-time...
Image: Flickr CC image: StevenM_61
My contact details
alanparkinsonatthega
aparkinson@geography.org.uk
@GeoBlogs
GeoBlogsThis presentation, and 130 others, hosted here!
"As I travel the world, I find myself asking questions
that only geographers can answer..."
Michael PalinPresident RGS-IBG
There are only ever choices.... When choices are made and
accepted by a sufficient number of teachers, they tend to become
'common sense' (Castree, 2005)
The choices YOU make are all important !
“Teacher talk dominates classrooms and controls the
process by which communication takes place, by deciding what kind
of talk is permissible, by whom and for how long.”Margaret Roberts
Student Experiences
Geography: the subjectTeacher Choices
Underpinned by Key Concepts
Thinking Geographically
Which learning activity ?
Does this take the learner beyond what they already know ?
Living Geography
Living Geography:
• embraces young people’s geography and experiences
• is current and future oriented• is local but set in wider (global) contexts
• raises questions of change, sustainability and development
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What’s your ‘view’ of geography ?What’s your students’ view of it ?
(An egg hatches and a rhino comes out)Lisa: Rhinos don't hatch from eggs.Homer: What did you just see, Lisa?Lisa: I know, but . . .Homer: What did you just see?
Simpsons Safari
With thanks to Margaret Roberts for idea...
“Floating topicality”
http://www.google.com/landing/cop15/
What can we do for you ?
The Food Crisis• I have written CPD units for the Training and
Development Agency and Teacher Learning Academy• These are available online, and explore the issue of
FOOD SECURITY.• Link to climate change – article in last week’s TES...
BECTa ICT KS4 ProjectOn GA website and well worth plundering !
http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/ks4ict/projectideas
Young Peoples Geographieshttp://www.youngpeoplesgeographies.co.uk
Teachers’ TV: hands up who watches ?
Watch for 2 new series in 2010...
Going to all schools with free OS maps
http://geographical.ning.com
Over 1100 membersAlso a dedicated network
for PGCE / NQT / GTP
Developing your PLNPLN
Clay Shirky
“the best tool ever invented for improving communication is
the table...”
“Social networking”
“Social networking”
The Networked teacher....Then and Now (Alec Couros)
New curriculum, new tools,
new opportunities
With thanks to Joe Dalehttp://joedale.typepad.com(MFL – embrace cross-curricular !!)
New behaviours
“To work out how to operate
a TV set you practically have to make love to
the thing."
Channel 4 research : “A Beta life”
What’s the first thing that the majority of 12-24 year
olds do when they get home?
Turn on their computer...
“It's never the technology thatentertains an audience, it's
what you do with it.”John Lasseter,
Disney Pixar Head of Animation
Twitter“What are you doing...?”
140 character limit@GeoBlogs
“Follow” around 200 people“Followed by” around 700 people
Every teacher should also be a learner.
The “Social Web” makes this possible at a time and a place to
suit everybody.This is where your PLN comes in...
GEOGRAPHICAL ENQUIRY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22924454@N03/3380070506/sizes/o/
Where?
Why?
Who?
Reveal thy secret...
With thanks to Tony Cassidy for these resources....
Failed state- government is not in full control. Stable government which is
in control of the country.
Much of the population is reliant on food aid.
High returns from ransoms paid for ships and crews-
average $2 million.
Most ransoms are unlikely to be paid.
Huge coastal area makes it uneasy to police.
Average income in Somalia is $600 dollars per capita.
Strong international support for the Somali government.
There are few employment opportunities in Somalia.
Employment opportunities are widely available.
Large coastal area.
Small coastal area.
Large number of ex-fisherman that know the
area well.
Pirates are shunned by the local population.
Pirates are viewed as heroes by the local population.
Large number of armed and experienced warlords from
the civil war.
Illegal fishing of Somali waters has put fisherman
out of business.
There is a well developed welfare system in the
country.There be pirates...
Where is Somalia? Why is piracy an
issue?
We live in a society where the image is becoming the dominant means of communication, and where once we used pictures to
illustrate our written texts, increasingly we are using written text to illustrate the pictures.
Most of us engage with moving image texts more than any other form of text in any given day, so the development of literacy skills in young people should recognise that fact.
What links all of these texts is that they are all a form of narrative, so when we develop literacy skills in young people
what we are developing is the set of skills which will enable them to engage critically with the range of narratives which are
in the world, and to be able to construct their own effective narratives.
Bill Boyd, Literacy Adviser, Scotland
DARTS
Directed Activities Relating to Text
Flip Video - £ 70
“Alternative narratives...”
A YPG/ “living” curriculum will: – be planned through dialogue: between teachers, young people, teacher educators and academic geographers– draw from young people's everyday experiences– extend the way that young people are involved in, and can directly influence, the curriculum– emphasise dialogic pedagogies– enable young people to use their capacity to think geographically when encountering the world
Calvin: You can't just turn on creativity like a tap. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic
Knock KnockWho’s there ?
A DOCTOR ?
A MATHS TEACHER ?
A BALLET DANCER ?
A SHEEP SHEARER ?
A GEOGRAPHY TEACHER ?
Courtesy: Learning Teaching Scotland
Daily Telegraph – last Thursday....
What if they had
a profile?Concept: Tony Cassidy – Examples: Liz Smith
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What’s on your mind?
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10hrs ago
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Add a picture here
Add personal information here
Who would they be friends with?
Last status update here
What would they be typing now?
What have they been doing on
Facebook?
Two interactions with friends
What groups are they in?
What ads would be
targeted to them?
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Loving the sunny weather I am getting a tan!
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Beachy Head
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River Cuckmere re
Seven sisters
Birling gap
Seven Sisters…I love you
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Recent activity- Beachy Head commented on Seven Sisters wall post.
Hello neighbour. The tide is high
Yes, those waves are eroding my side x
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Hello, I am Beachy Head, Britain’s highest chalk cliff. I live near Eastbourne in East Sussex. I’m married to one of the Seven Sisters in Seaford and I love the sun x
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Snowdon
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I’m feeling on top of the world!!! 10hrs ago
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Hey Snowdon, thanks for the add how's things going over there ??
Yeah, I know, I am fed up of seeing that train!
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Llyn
Ogwen
I'm Snowdon, a mountain in North Wales. I’m 1,085 metres high. I’ve even got a nature reserve around me!!!
The Snowdon Wildlife Reserve.
By Zoe
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Too many people splashing around.
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Dr.Blue Lagoon says: I wish people would stop skinny dipping in me!
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1 minute ago
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I’m fed up of being dormant. I fancy some action!
I am flying to the Westmann Islands for some peace and quiet. Catch ya later ;)
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I just hurled some water 70 ft high. You should have seen their faces lol
I am a large geothermal spa located in the south west of Iceland. I have an average
temperature of 40 degrees and people are forever taking their
clothes off to bathe in me!
By Dale M
I love Iceland
Fans of the Blue Lagoon.
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Mayon Volcano is thinking it’s time for a pyroclastic flow.
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Mayon Volcano is feeling hot, hot, hot!
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Thanks, my owners will be rich! x
You should see my rice yields this year!
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I am an active stratovolcano in the Philippines. Renowned as the "Perfect Cone" because of my almost perfectly conical shape .
Save the earth!
Donate now!
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Mayon uploaded a photo- ‘’My photo when I erupted September 1984’’
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Scientists think they can monitor me, but I have a trick up my sleeve!
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Mount St Helens is sleeping, for
now!
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Snow Lava Pyroclastic flow
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Mount St Helens released some gas emissions.
cool
That’s nice
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It’s about time we displayed some action!
Can’t wait!!!!!
I'm located in the US state of Washington. I erupted in 1980 and
killed 57 people!
By Ahmad
We are volcanoes
Put your best geography head on...
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